Spot-bellied Bobwhite

Colinus leucopogon (Lesson, RP, 1842)

22–24 cmLength129 gWeight

The spot-bellied bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) is a ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family.

Busiest months: April–May and August · Most records: Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Spot-bellied Bobwhite has been recorded at 61 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 5 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Zamorano Univ. – Campus Farms and River 740-815 maslHonduras1,586 records
Calle al sur de El TizatilloHonduras271 records
Zamorano Univ. – Finca Agroecológica Santa InésHonduras247 records

More places

Reserva El Jaguar 13.238x-86.056 - jun. 1, 2016 9:17Nicaragua208 records
Ensenada Lodge [Área General]Costa Rica174 records
PN Palo VerdeCosta Rica166 records
Laguna Villa RoyalHonduras147 records
Montaña de Izopo – Sector Las MorasHonduras132 records
Las QuebraditasHonduras116 records
Finca Las PalmasHonduras76 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The spot-bellied bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) is a ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the crested bobwhite, Colinus cristatus. As the latter species expands north into Costa Rica, it is likely that the two species will overlap in range in the future, but the Costa Rican subspecies of the spot-bellied is the least similar to the crested.

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